Knight undergoes surgery- misses India series and WBBL

Heather Knight has had surgery on her injured hip. Currently out of action for the foreseeable future. The England women’s captain believes she will have to miss the home series against India in September and the WBBL in October-November. Heather said she was looking forward to returning to the field by the end of the year.

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In Knight’s absence, England was led by Nat Sciver at the recent Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG 2022). There they made the knockout stages but were unable to progress further. Australia beat India in the gold-medal match and New Zealand beat England in the bronze-medal match.

Knight picked up the injury during the first T20I of the bilateral series against South Africa on July 21. She had initially been named in England’s CWG 2022 squad, as captain. But after England’s first two games, which she sat out. The team management said that the injury had “failed to settle down as expected.”

No replacement was named for Knight, and she stayed on with the squad for the duration of the event.